Sri Lanka v England 3rd Test
England tour of Sri Lanka - 2001 (2000/01) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 15 March 2001 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
England won by 4 wickets · Man of the Match: Graham Thorpe
England won by 4 wickets. Graham Thorpe top-scored with 113* for England. Man of the Match: Graham Thorpe.
Sri Lanka, 226 (10 wkts)
| Marvan Atapattu | bowled | 0 | 9 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Craig White) | 45 | 110 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | caught (Michael Vaughan) | 45 | 93 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Michael Vaughan) | 38 | 136 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Alec Stewart) | 71 | 152 |
| Russel Arnold | lbw | 0 | 13 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | lbw | 5 | 24 |
| Chaminda Vaas | not out | 19 | 49 |
| Dilhara Fernando | caught (Marcus Trescothick) | 2 | 12 |
| Dinuka Hettiarachchi | bowled | 0 | 12 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | bowled | 1 | 3 |
Darren Gough 14.00-5-33-2Andy Caddick 11.10-1-40-2Craig White 10.00-1-45-0Ashley Giles 34.00-13-59-2Robert Croft 32.00-9-56-4
England, 224 (10 wkts)
| Mike Atherton | lbw | 21 | 60 |
| Marcus Trescothick | caught (Russel Arnold) | 23 | 59 |
| Nasser Hussain | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 8 | 29 |
| Graham Thorpe | not out | 113 | 267 |
| Alec Stewart | bowled | 3 | 28 |
| Michael Vaughan | caught (Kumar Sangakkara) | 26 | 134 |
| Craig White | caught (Kumar Sangakkara) | 0 | 1 |
| Ashley Giles | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 0 | 10 |
| Robert Croft | run out (Marvan Atapattu) | 16 | 41 |
| Andy Caddick | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 0 | 15 |
| Darren Gough | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 14 | 21 |
Chaminda Vaas 27.50-6-73-6Dilhara Fernando 5.00-0-26-0Aravinda de Silva 3.00-1-2-0Muthiah Muralidaran 41.00-9-73-1Dinuka Hettiarachchi 24.00-6-36-2Sanath Jayasuriya 9.00-1-20-0
Sri Lanka, 79 (10 wkts)
| Marvan Atapattu | caught (Robert Croft) | 0 | 17 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw | 23 | 16 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | caught (Alec Stewart) | 0 | 5 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Graham Thorpe) | 23 | 32 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | lbw | 11 | 33 |
| Russel Arnold | caught (Nasser Hussain) | 0 | 5 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | bowled | 10 | 16 |
| Chaminda Vaas | caught (Mike Atherton) | 6 | 9 |
| Dilhara Fernando | caught (Ashley Giles) | 5 | 22 |
| Dinuka Hettiarachchi | not out | 0 | 13 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | lbw | 1 | 3 |
Darren Gough 6.00-1-23-3Andy Caddick 8.00-2-29-2Ashley Giles 9.10-4-11-4Robert Croft 5.00-0-18-1
England, 72 (6 wkts)
| Mike Atherton | caught (Dilhara Fernando) | 13 | 25 |
| Marcus Trescothick | caught (Kumar Sangakkara) | 10 | 23 |
| Michael Vaughan | bowled | 8 | 21 |
| Graham Thorpe | not out | 32 | 49 |
| Alec Stewart | caught (Tillakaratne Dilshan) | 0 | 5 |
| Craig White | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 8 | 11 |
| Nasser Hussain | caught (Russel Arnold) | 0 | 8 |
| Ashley Giles | not out | 1 | 6 |
| Robert Croft | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Caddick | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Gough | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Chaminda Vaas 3.00-0-11-0Dinuka Hettiarachchi 3.00-1-5-0Muthiah Muralidaran 8.00-1-26-1Dilhara Fernando 2.00-0-7-1Sanath Jayasuriya 8.30-0-24-4
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